As a Marine Biologist, I’ve been concerned by the lack of focus on ocean-climate relations from a young age. I often find myself frustrated that the ocean is never a top priority for conservation, or in climate change talks. However, since the Paris Agreement in 2015 (COP 21), there has been some positive improvement, and […]

My most recent travel was a road trip to Nashville when I had family come to visit, and probably one of my favourite places I’ve visited this semester. (Image courtesy of Flickr via Creative Commons)  Nashville, like every other city in the United States, is being directly affected by climate change. One of the biggest […]

For Fall Break, I had the chance to go to Nantucket Island and then to Boston to spend a few days with my best friend from St Andrews, Rachel, who is working on Nantucket at a sustainable and organic family-run vegetable farm called Bartlett’s Farm. During my time there, I discussed with Rachel and some […]

In September, I made my first trip out of Atlanta to Dallas, Texas. This trip was just a few days to visit one of my closest friends from the UK, Kyle, who was there on business from St Andrews. One of the ways in which Texas will be most affected by climate change in coming […]

The Sustainable Development Goals are 17 goals adopted by countries in 2015, towards a new approach to development; aiming to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all by 2030. (Infographic courtesy of Creative Commons) On Friday 17th November, I attended a panel event on the Sustainable Development Goals at Emory, called “#KnowYourGoals”, […]

As a Bobby Jones Scholar at Emory, I have a lot of incredible opportunities to travel across North America this year. This semester, I’ve already travelled from my base here in Atlanta, to Dallas, TX, Boston and Nantucket, MA and Nashville, TN. Thinking more about climate change and its direct effects that we are seeing […]

COP; Convention of the Parties Global governments first met to discuss the issue of climate change in Berlin in 1995.  United Nations Climate Change Conferences (referred to as the COP, Convention of the Parties) have taken place annually since then, and exist as platforms where nations can discuss, share and develop climate change strategy. The […]

Climate change, being one of the greatest global concerns of our time, is largely omitted from education curriculums until high school. Stephanie and I have been working over the past few weeks to investigate why elementary school curriculums teach environmental science and basic earth science such as weather and pollution, but fail to mention the […]

As part of our assessment for a Climate Change and Society class at Emory, we had a midterm group project to complete, which focused on a specific aspect of Climate Change. Stephanie and I worked on the topic, “Climate Change Awareness and Perceptions”. We designed a project which aimed to investigate the existing educational initiatives […]

This recent article from National Geographic discusses the possibility that hundreds of species of fish may decrease in size as an adaptation to climate change. This decrease in size could potentially be caused by increasing ocean temperatures and less oxygen availability for fish. Higher ocean temperatures is thought to increase fish metabolism, and with oxygen […]